Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-28
LYNCH VS.. yANDEyER.
More Gnimportant Testimony
From several Witnesses.

NlOHe GulmVOItAmt 1CSsAsOs-
From several Witnesses.
The waits between witnesses are be
coming quite tiresome in the Lynch
Vandever contest, and it begins to lool
as ii it would be stretched out over
considerable length Of time. Yesterday
the following witnesses were examined
General j. R. Briefly, Assemblyman,
testified THAT he was Chairman OF the
Los Angeles Republican County Com
mittee, and signed circular and had il
printed and distributed. About week
before that he became certain that con.
siderable register Dg was being carried
on by the Deputy County Assessors, and
in the circular he urged that Repubai-
cans be hunted up and registered. Upon
the same information he also went to
MIR, Dunsmoor and asked him if he Was
going to issue supplemental register,
and the same afternoon Dunsmoor told
him that he was. That same afternoon
he saw circular issued by MIR. Duns-
moor intended to be sent to deputy
county clerks. At this time witness
circular was in the hands OF the printer.
Between the I'd cf October and the 20 h
nearly 100 had registered at the County
| Assessors Office. Witness was at the
White House precinct four times during
election day. Twice he saw a consid-
erable line, but he saw no obstructions
placed in the way Of the voters by the
officers of election.
Cross-examined-Do not know the
name of the man who told me tha. reg
istration was going on at the County
Assessors office. After considerable con-
sultation, came to the coEclus on that a
man would have right to vote upon a
certificate. l was told that Blennerhas-
sett was registering voters. The list u
names so registered went upon the
printed register, except few which
were rejected. Between the 2ud and
10th Of October l was not Deputy County
Clerk. was appointed on the 2lst. 1t
was the belief of the Clerk that those
who registered during that time had no
right to vote. Mr.. Blennerhassett said
that he registered the 100 people so they
could vote on the 2od Of November.
Redirect examina,ion-Kuew the
County Cler'x had Democratic. deputies
d. not know that the County Clerks
deputies sent out the circulars. My
circulars were sent to all the deputies.
Recess until 2 o'clock.
j.. r. Briefly, recalled, said he knew
nothing of an agreement about closing
the polls at certain time. He had
been appointed Deputy County Clerk.
Under that appointment he had regis
tered but three names, all Republicans;
He had tried to persuade other Repub-
licans to register but did not succeed.
r. A. Ling testified that he was ap.
pointed as Deputy Assessor in October
last. The appointment was made at the
Democratic headquarters. Mr.. Bill.
derrain was not there, but it was signed
by him. 1t had been signed in blank,
he thought, and was not filled 10 by
Blderra,p. Witness did not know who
filled it 10. He thought he had been
sworn in before Waters, Notary Pub
lie. Showed appoinlment) He then
remembered that he had taken the oath
of ofiice before George Butler Griffin,
Notary Public. He did not remember
who had delivered it to him. The name
of r. A. Ling might have been filled IN
by him. He had filed the appo ntment
him elf and had returned the certificates,
partly to the Clerks tt1ics and the
rest to the Assessors office. The names
he filed with the Clerk, were on the
Register, and those he filed with the
Assessor were left off. His instructions
had been to register people. Afterwards
he had been instructed to hand the names
he enrolled to the Assessors office. D.d
not know that he was irregularly ap-
pointed.
Cross examined. As soon as l was
told to turn the names in to the Assessor
l did so.
John r. Summers testified that he
was at the White Hou e precinct the
most of election day. He did not notice
any obstruction being placed in the way
of voters by the officers. When he
voted the line reached around the corner
on Commercial street. 1t took him
twenty minutes to vote after he joined
the line. The class Of people at that
precinct were decidedly better than at
some others, and perhaps little worse
than few.
Cross.examined--D not notice what
time of day the polls were most crowded
saw the line reach down Commercial
street several times fifteen or twenty
feet.
B. G. Holmes testified that he was at
the White House precinct ON the day OF
election. There were thirty-ive or
thirty.sx people in line when he voted
in the morning. and it took him about
half an hour to reach the window. He
could see no difference between the vot
ing at that place than at others in the
city. Y. Bilderrain was one who worked
at the polls.
Adjourned until Friday morning at 10
o'clock.